diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/compat_datetime.yml b/changelogs/fragments/compat_datetime.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eba153328c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/compat_datetime.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+removed_features:
+    - compat.datetime - removed deprecated datetime compat APIs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/86000).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/datetime.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/datetime.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7392a753340..00000000000
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/datetime.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2023 Ansible
-# Simplified BSD License (see licenses/simplified_bsd.txt or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import datetime as _datetime
-import typing as t
-
-from ansible.module_utils.common.warnings import deprecate
-
-
-_UTC = _datetime.timezone.utc
-
-
-def _utcfromtimestamp(timestamp: float) -> _datetime.datetime:
-    """Construct an aware UTC datetime from a POSIX timestamp."""
-    return _datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp, _UTC)
-
-
-def _utcnow() -> _datetime.datetime:
-    """Construct an aware UTC datetime from time.time()."""
-    return _datetime.datetime.now(_UTC)
-
-
-_deprecated_shims_map: dict[str, t.Callable[..., object] | _datetime.timezone] = {
-    'UTC': _UTC,
-    'utcfromtimestamp': _utcfromtimestamp,
-    'utcnow': _utcnow,
-}
-
-__all__ = tuple(_deprecated_shims_map)
-
-
-def __getattr__(importable_name: str) -> t.Callable[..., object] | _datetime.timezone:
-    """Inject import-time deprecation warnings.
-
-    Specifically, for ``UTC``, ``utcfromtimestamp()`` and ``utcnow()``.
-    """
-    try:
-        importable = _deprecated_shims_map[importable_name]
-    except KeyError as key_err:
-        raise AttributeError(f"module {__name__!r} has no attribute {key_err}") from None
-
-    deprecate(
-        msg=f'The `ansible.module_utils.compat.datetime.{importable_name}` '
-        'function is deprecated.',
-        version='2.21',
-    )
-
-    return importable
diff --git a/test/sanity/ignore.txt b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
index 69375faac4d..e5081746dc9 100644
--- a/test/sanity/ignore.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ test/integration/targets/ansible-test-sanity-pylint/deprecated_thing.py pylint:a
 lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version  # TODO: 2.21
 lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version-comment  # TODO: 2.21
 lib/ansible/module_utils/common/validation.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version  # TODO: 2.21
-lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/datetime.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version  # TODO: 2.21
 lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/paramiko.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version  # TODO: 2.21
 lib/ansible/plugins/connection/paramiko_ssh.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version  # TODO: 2.21
 lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/__init__.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version  # TODO: 2.21